Just got a 1/4LB Bridge for my Tele.

[Mephis]

As some of you know I was about to get the EMG-T set, but when I went to the local IRC they were having a 30% off all electronics. Well, I was looking around and decided on a 1/4LB after talking it over with my old guitar teacher. (I took lessons there and he was there durring the sell.)

I just got it back from the shop today, had the frets leveled and the pickup installed.

It sounds pretty good, its not as different from the stock pickups as I would have expected, and it actually has better cleans! Just have to roll the volume off.

The only thing that has me wondering is under high-gain its a little muddy. Anything I should do different? Im guessing Im using to much gain, but due to people watching TV and wanting to hear it, I can't check and see.

The solo'ing tones are AMAZING tho. Its so much easier to play with high-output pickups.
Also wanted to note that it didn't overpower my neck pickup, suprizingly. The stock MIM neck works great with it, I dont think I want to change the neck at all.

 

[Mephis]

Re: Just got a 1/4LB Bridge for my Tele.

Finaly got time to do a GOOD test run. 1st im going to say that I will sound insane because I have found Brown sound from a telecaster.

The reason it was muddy is, I was using the same setting I use to buffer back my EMG's so they sound normal. So duh, its going to be muddy as hell.


I turned it on the highest gain channel(Nu-Metal, names are decieving), cranked the gain, cranked the volume, cranked the trebble, cut the mids, cranked the bass, and let rip on an A-Chord and **** my pants!

No ****ing Joke, this does van halen so perfect, the harmonics are identical, the tone and feel is identical, its really and truely BROWN SOUND from a telecaster. (Laugh all you want, because I am too.)

And you can roll back the volume and still have a wonderful telecaster tone.

The seymour duncan tele lead Quarter Pounder, the pickup that makes a telecaster have brown sound.

Don't believe me? Buy my exact same setup and do exactly what I have done, it'll get ya there, now if only teles had a floyd rose.

 

[Stevo]

Re: Just got a 1/4LB Bridge for my Tele.

Sweet. I have heard lots of good reviews about the tele Qp.. glad you like it man.. rock on.

 

[Mephis]

Re: Just got a 1/4LB Bridge for my Tele.

Yea, only bad thing is, vintage purist who want lots of twang wont like it, because it sounds exactly like a humbucker.

 

[Stevo]

Re: Just got a 1/4LB Bridge for my Tele.

I don't usually take advice from purists.. I'm not very pure :saeek:

I had a qp in a strat for a while and really liked it for a heavy surf tone. I have not tried the tele qp yet

 

[Mephis]

Re: Just got a 1/4LB Bridge for my Tele.

Yea, they are right tho, it doesn't have much noticable twang now, it sounds like its got a really really damn hot humbucker in the bridge, far hotter than my EMG's. But with the clairity of EMG's.

Me+twang=No.
Anyway.